Article-handling mechanism



Oct. 14. 1924- C. C. BLAKE ARTICLE HANDLING MECHANISM Original Filed May 18, 1918 fiaenforr M 7471 76 I. W//////! TIIIIII/IJN .111 new and i ticle -landling Mechanism, 'WlLCll the is a specifi This inv xtion relates to article mechanism and mote particularly to mechanism for separating blanks of dish form from a mass "and attanging them in serial relation with their cuived edges each other.

The object invent an improved niec the indicated which -31- he ceiftain in opetntion and will continually maintain the deliveii chute 01 raceway articles ready tot separation therefrom and nse in any desited ion is to provide connection.

This object is attained hy the features and combinations and artangements of parts hereinafter fully set forth, the adva: tages of which will he readily understood by those skilled in the art.

The preferred form of invention is shown in the accompanying drawings which are lilze a part of the drawings illustrating machine for making insulated nails which towns the subject matter of my conending application See. No. 235,243, tile-d Way 1 8 191 8, new Patent No. l lllfio'l, Apiil 42 1922, item which the present application is a division.

in the drawings Figure 'l is a plan view of the mechanism; Fig. 2 is a .front elevetion with a part of the pot broken sway to show the interior construction; and Fig. is a central, vertical sectional view.

ln the emhodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings the mechanism is particularly constructed for the handling oi the Wood blOGlKS to he used in the manufacture of insulated nails for seeming tele phone Wires to Wood-Work, hut it will understood that any disk-like olanli may he handled hy the mechanism illustrated in the drawings or silaimechanism emhodying its principles of construction and open ation. Wit this understanding, in the follovving description, the articles will he no towed to as hloths in en inclusive sense.

ill/stoning now to the drawings in which g the invention shown "pet to (Fig. 3) i is connected an thtee holts 66 6? an is connected to a t 69 by holt 6? and two other colts it: 7i ig. 2). spid r 69 is bracket '72 (Fig. llholted l a other lined suppoit 24:. the blocks are into the hopper t .ey 1- ill into n oot B bolted to a dish 74: a hcrizontnl shaft Y5 ioui'naled the hopper frame ti t and spidee 69. the pct 73 is made in two dish-like sections, each having a flange, which are secured together through the flanges hy tastenings comprising dis tance pieces l6 arranged to leave a central slot Z? hetvveen the two sections of such dimensions as to h-lcc in the pot to slip edgevvise therethrough not 73 is rotated in the ditection of the (Figs. 2; and as not rotates the hloclis tall edgevvise into the slot 77 and against the inner surface or Wall of the ring 65 along which they "roll, hy jotessnie irom the pieces 76, until they arrive at an opening T 8 in the ring which forms a discharge chute 51, extending, tangentially to the periphery of the pot, through the ring 65. It the chute 51 is empty the hloclzis roll to the (Fig. 2) the chute. lit the chute is full, as shown in Fig. 2, the blOGlKS collect in a sector shaped pocket 78 feed in the ring 65: adjacent the opening l8 and these collected blocks cause th lolochs in the slot 77 to roll to the left- (l ig. 2las they reach the end the chute and drop hack into the pot. Attached to f e outer end of the chute 51 is a tace= Way 52 which conveys the blocks to any desiwed' point of discharge. lhe chute 52 is provided with a central Way Z9 for the passage of the hlochs in serial relation end this We 9 the chute 5? and the pocket 78 ans enclosed a cover 80 of transparent material to pet inspection. in order rotate the pot the shaft i5 is provided with a pulley 8 which receives a helt leading to any convenient souirce of pcwveta.-

The of the invention having teen (iii;

lilll indicated and its specifically describe what is claimed as new, is

1. A handling mechanism having, in combination, a stationary ring having an opening therein and a pocket adjacent the opening, a raceway reglstering with the opening secured together in spaced relation, a fixed rin surrounding the slot thus produced, an a chute through said ring communicating with said slot.

3. An article handling mechanism having, in combination, a rotary pot for receiving articles in a mass comprising two dishshaped sections each having a flange and secured together in spaced relation, a fixed ring surrounding the slot thus produced, and a chute through said rin arranged tangential to the periphery of t e pot and communicating with said slot.

I 4. An article handling mechanism having, in combination, a rotary pot for receiving articles in a vmass comprisin two dishshaped sections eachhaving a ange and secured together in spaced relation, a fixed ring surround-ing the slot thusproduced having a pocket formed in its inner surface opposite said slot, and a chute leading from said pocket outside the ring.

5. An article handling mechanism having, in combination, a rotary pot for receiving articles in a mass comprisin shaped sections each having a ange and secured together in spaced relation, a fixed ring surrounding the slot thus produced, having a pocket formed in its. inner surface opposlte said slot, and a chute leading from said ocket outside. the ring, said pocket and c ute being provided with a transparent covering to permit inspection.

6. An article handlin .mechanism having, in combination, a' fixed annulus having a smooth inner surface with a central pocket referred embodiment two dishat one portion and a discharge chute leading therefrom, and a pot for receiving articles in a mass rotatable within said annulus and constructed to permit articles to rest in a row on said annulus and be swept thereover into said chute of pocket.

7. An article handlin mechanism having, in combination, a fixed annulus having a discharge chute therethrough, a rotary pot within saidannulus for receiving articles in a mass comprising two sections, and means for securing said sections together includin distance pieces forming a central slotvwhic is closed by said annulus except at said discharge chute, whereby articles resting in said slot are swept along the annulus to the chute through engagement by said distance pieces.

8. A mechanism for handling disks having, in combination, a rotary pot for receiving disks in a mass and having a central peripheral slot of such dimensions as to permit said disks to slip edgewise therethrou h, a fixed annulus surrounding the pot %or holding the disks in said slot, and a dischar e chute through the annulus to which the isks in the slot are fed by rotation of said pot.

9. A mechanism for handling disks having in combination, a rotary pot for receiving disks in a mass and having a central peripheral slot of such dimensions as to permit said disks to slip edgewise therethrough, a fixed annulus surrounding the pot for holding the disks in said slot, a dischar e chute through the annulus to which the isks in the slot are fed by rotation of said pot, and a pocket for accumulating the disks and for permitting the return of the disks to the mass in the pot when the chute is full.

10. A mechanism for handling disks having, in combination, a rotary pot for receiving disks in a mass constructed-to permit certain of said disks to become aligned in serial relation, means for maintaining said disks aligned, a discharge chute for receiving said aligned disks, :and a pocket for causing the return of an excess over the re quirements of said chute to the mass in the pot.

CHARLES C. BLAKE. 

